This is just a mild ZADR drabble I wrote whilst waiting for inspiration to continue 'Strange Love'.
Disclaimer: I don't own Dib or Zim, they belong to the almighty Johnen Vasquez, whom we bow down to and worship.
HE PROMISED ME THE STARS
I'm staring at the sky. It's beautiful; the silver white moon, the Milky Way, bright, white stars splattered across a sea of black ink. I feel like I've never seen it before because this time, I'm looking at it with different eyes. And he's here, beside me. The stars reflect in those ruby red orbs, as though they were sparkling pools of blood. I can't tell if he's murmuring something or if it's only the whispering wind but I do know what he's thinking. Soon. Soon.
He promised he'd take me there one day. I've been into space so many times but each time it's been a battle to save the Earth. Now I'll leave the Earth to the fate it deserves and together we'll flee the death and destruction humanity brought upon itself. Together we'll search the stars for a place we can be safe and alone. He's defective, a cosmic joke, I'm an obsessive compulsive, insane. We are perfect.
He promised he'd show me the stars. We were lying together on the roof of my house, exhausted and bloody, and I turned my gaze to the heavens above. It was a beautiful night, just like this. We'd cut the city power supply so every star was shining clear. And we just lay together and gazed, drinking it up, wishing that that moment would never end.
He promised me right then and there. I don't know how he guessed my thoughts; my face was too torn and bruised to betray any expression. I suppose my treacherous eyes showed my wide eyed wonder. I'm afraid of my eyes. They tell him so much more than I want him to know.
"One day I shall take you out there and show you just why I hate this planet so much."
He promised me "one day".
Now he's gazing at the sky with a sad longing but I still cling to this worthless rock; a desperate lingering. I know he wants to leave and he knows I'll follow, but not yet. First I want to prove them wrong. I want to be here the day the Earth dies so that I can stand atop the highest mountain and laugh. And he'll be right there, laughing with me.
I'll lose everything and nothing because now he is everything. I can live without a sister who doesn't care if she dies along with the rest of her damned race. I can live without a father who devoted his life to saving the Earth in every way but the most important. If humanity chooses death I shall not deny them their glory. And, if I should betray him or he should leave me here alone, then if need be I shall die with them, happy in the knowledge that once upon a time, he promised me the stars.
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